Planning
Ordered by project date from most recent to oldest
Eglinton Crosstown Study 2013
The Crosstown, which will bring rapid transit along Eglinton and span the city from Scarborough to Etobicoke, represents the largest transit investment Toronto has …
Friends of Allan Gardens (FOAG) 2012
Since its inception in 1858, Allan Gardens has been a distinctive part of Toronto, dedicated to offering a stimulating environment for the pleasure of Torontonians. …
Culture of Outports 2011
In 2010, ERA Architects initiated the “Culture of Outport” project that explores the adaptive reuse of outport communities that scatter the coastline of Newfoundland and …
Culture of Outports: Burlington Free Lab 2011
As part of ERA’s ‘Culture of Outports‘ project, a team of ERA staff conducted a free lab for the Dalhousie University School of …
Culture of Outports: Majumder Manor
The ‘Culture of Outports‘ project proposes that an understanding of the unique history and character of these communities is essential in order to …
Brampton Heritage Theatre 2011
The Heritage Theatre, formally the Capital Theatre, has a long history within the city of Brampton. Built in 1923 to feature silent movies and then …
One Millionth Tower 2011
As part of the remarkable HIGHRISE initiative, a group of local residents, ERA Architects, and the NFB have been collaborating to re imagine and explore …
Lambert-Smye Estate 2011
The Lambert-Smye Estate property, located at 394 Lakeshore Road West, is one of the few remaining intact early 20th century Estates along Oakville’s waterfront. The …
Brodie House 2011
The Brodie House is at a unique interface of the Headford business park and the residential neighbourhood to the west. The site’s historic and visual …
Stanley Barracks 2011
The Stanley Barracks is the sole remaining structure of the New Fort at York erected in 1841 by the British Army. The New Fort consisted …
Market Square Heritage Conservation District 2011
At the core of Kingston’s historic downtown is the Market Square Heritage Conservation District – an area defined by a fine collection of 19th and …
The Grange
The Grange is an estate once owned by Toronto’s prominent Boulton family, and currently incorporated as part of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Following the …
Milton Heritage Properties Business Strategy 2011
In May 2010, ERA Architects partnered with urbanMetrics to develop a business strategy for the Ruhl Farmstead and John Willmott Farmhouse, two mid-1800s properties located …
Tower Neighbourhood Renewal in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
The Greater Golden Horseshoe is unique globally for its pattern of urbanization due to the proliferation of post-war apartment towers throughout the region.
In 2009 …
The Distillery District
The Gooderham and Worts Historic District is a National Historic Site and former home to the largest distillery in Canada. The complex is a remarkable …
The Tower Renewal Project
The Toronto area contains the second largest concentration of high-rise buildings in North America. The majority of these are modern concrete residential buildings, built during …
Cultural Mapping 2010
Working with the City of Toronto and the Martin Prosperity Institute, ERA is developing a series of maps visualizing the creative economy in Toronto. These …
People Per Hectare 2010
Density is one of the key tools currently used for planning cities. Architects, planners, and policy makers all use density as a calibration of the …
Child and Parent Resource Institute 2010
The Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI) is a provincially operated regional resource centre that provides diagnostic assessment, consultation, education, research, and short term treatment …
Avenues & Mid-Rise Buildings Study
ERA was part of a consultant team that prepared the Avenues and Mid-rise Buildings Study for the City of Toronto. The study provided recommendations for …
Dundas Street West Streetscape Study
The section of Dundas Street West stretching between University Avenue and Bathurst Street is an important tourist destination and is recognised as a potential creative …
Clarence Square Revitalization 2009
Clarence Square is one of the oldest remaining park spaces in the downtown core of Toronto. Established with a strong relationship to Wellington Street and …
Found Toronto 2009
Found Toronto was presented as part of the Building On History exhibit that opened at Harbourfront Centre in January 2009. The intent of the show …
City of Cambridge Heritage Master Plan 2008
The City of Cambridge boasts a history of high quality farmland and industrial activity along its main rivers. The potential that heritage conservation offers for …
Concrete Toronto 2008
Toronto is a concrete city. International landmarks, civic buildings, cultural institutions, metropolitan infrastructure and housing from high-rise to the single-family home: much of Toronto was …
Tower Renewal – Opportunities Book 2008
Edited by ERA Architects, the Mayor’s Tower Renewal Opportunities Book compiles research conducted over the past several years by the University of Toronto and ERA …
Cultural Institutions in the Public Realm Study 2008
With the renewal of many of Toronto’s great cultural institutions, the next phase of great city building effort will focus on the public spaces that …
Lyall Avenue Heritage Conservation District 2006
Laid out as part of the historic Village of East Toronto in the 1880s, Lyall Avenue is a good example of the early development patterns …
King Edward Precinct Study 2005
The residential buildings within the King Edward precinct of Ottawa were constructed between 1880 and 1921. A large number of these structures has been identified …
Toronto Island Heritage Conservation District Study 2005
Toronto Island represents one of Toronto’s most important cultural heritage landscapes. Throughout its history the Island has played many roles in the social, economic, and …
Union Station Heritage Conservation District 2005
Since its construction in 1929, Union Station has held a prominent role in the urban landscape of Toronto. The grand civic architecture of Union Station …
Blythwood Road Heritage Conservation District 2003
ERA was the heritage consultant for the Heritage District Study of a north Toronto street, testing the use of the Ontario Heritage Act to encourage …
Commissioner’s Park 2003
ERA served as heritage and cultural planning consultant for the conceptual park designs for Commissioners Park, the first regional, urban park planned for a reinvigorated …
South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District Study 2003
South Rosedale is a unique neighbourhood in the City of Toronto. Originally part of the Village of Yorkville, it was one of the first few …
Waterfront Heritage and Cultural Infrastructure Plan 2003
This Plan established a vision that included culture and heritage as essential components of future private and public investment in Toronto’s revitalized waterfront. Prepared for …
North Rosedale Heritage Conservation District Study 2002
Inspired by the City Beautiful Movement, Harton Walker’s 1908 North Rosedale subdivision plan created a neighbourhood of sweeping, tree-lined streets. North Rosedale’s secluded park setting …
East/West: A Guide to Where People Live in Downtown Toronto 2000
This publication was created with the goal of providing a snapshot of housing types and issues in Toronto in conjunction with the Society for the …
Lowertown West Heritage Conservation District Study 1993
Lowertown was first laid out by Colonel By in connection with the construction of the Rideau Canal in the 1820s. Lowertown was shaped by French-Canadian …